Eight-Ingredient Ginseng and Atractylodes Pills

Eight-Ingredient Ginseng and Atractylodes Pills,

Formulas Name : Eight-Ingredient Ginseng and Atractylodes Pills

Chinese Name : 八物参术丸

Drug Formulation

Ophiopogon tuber (core removed) 1 liang, Polygala root (core removed) 1 liang, Acorus rhizome 1 liang, Poria sclerotium (wood removed) 1 liang, Poria cocos (peel removed) 1 liang, Atractylodes macrocephala 0.5 liang (roasted), Ginseng 1 liang (roasted, root base removed), Bovine bile 2 qian (ground separately).

Source

*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; then mix in the separately ground ox bile. Form into pills the size of millet grains using refined honey, and coat with cinnabar.

Instructions for Use

Take 20–30 pills per dose, washed down with boiled water.

Eight-Ingredient Ginseng and Atractylodes Pills,*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.,

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